Just some minor notes from Saturday's game and Sunday's practice (I'm tired and it has been a _long_ day.). With pre-season, always keep in mind that Motta does not put any value in winning the game. The Mavs went into the 4th quarter with a 84-74 lead over Washington. None of the starters for Dallas (Jackson, Mashburn, Jones, Kidd, Rooks) played in the 4th - even though Washington cut down the lead to 2 points. Washington coach Jim Lyman had reinserted his starters with 7 minutes left. Dumas, Sweet/Sutton, Smith, Williams, and Davis managed to preserve the win. (The final is somewhere below). Dumas had _the_ highlight of the game when he drove to the basket, flew, and one-handed dunked on Duckworth. Jackson was not able to defend Rex Chapman. Doug Smith does not know how TO TAKE IT STRONG TO THE HOLE!!! Three times his finese layups failed due to a block or being fouled when if he would _just_ use that muscle he has on his body it would have been 2 plus the foul. He did have one jam, but that was on a break away with no one in front of him. Hodge looked pathetic against Duckworth - I cheered when Donald got his 6th foul. The refs were not calling the fouls very close (I was expecting otherwise after all I'd been hearing). Mashburn has developed a good post-up game and was using it all night (at least when he was in the game). I was soooo thrilled for my live NBA action!!!! The Sunday practice looked like the one I described a week or so ago. Smith, Williams, and Davis did not practice. On the 4-on-4 drill, the Yellow team - Jackson, Dumas, Hodge, and Sutton - went on a long winning streaking of about 15 (you score, you keep on offense, you miss you rotate out). The main event was when Hodge and Rooks got into a fist fight. Tempers just flaired. Everything was clam after practice. The guys were teasing Rooks - cowering when he came near. Shouts of "Let's get ready to rumble" were heared as they did their after practice stretching. They got the tape of the practice and stuck it in the VCR and gathered around. Once they finally located the fight, they were cheering, shouting, and laughing. It was hilarious. Popeye declared Rooks the winner. Of course, they had to reply it in slow motion. We got sound effects with each blow. Us fans weren't much better. About 30 of us were crowd around the rail trying to watch and cracking up at the player's reaction. Jackson and Wiley stayed about 15 minutes late to shoot around. patricia Other Mavs stuff: Radio stations for the Mavs games: KLIF (Dallas) KSST (Sulphur Springs) KRYS (Corpus Christi) KNET (Palestine) KKYN (Plainview) KYYD (Abilene) KZEY-FM (Marshall) KAND (Corsicana) KYMI-FM (Lemesa) KGAF (Gainesville) KFRO (Longview) KHSP (Texarkana) KDDQ-FM (Duncan/Lawon, OK) KGVL (Greenville) KFWN (Bonham) KTBB (Tyler) KZEE (Weatherford) Pre-season results/schedule 10/15 Chicago 121, Dallas 103 at Lexington, KY Mashburn 30, Pippen 17 10/19 Cleveland 108, Dallas 107 at Columbus, OH Jackson 26, Brandon 23 10/20 Dallas 103, Indiana 91 at Evansville, IN Mashburn 19, Scott 13 10/22 Dallas 111, Washington 108 at Reunion Mashburn 19, Chapman 19 10/25 vs. Cleveland at Reunion, 7:30 pm 10/27 vs. Charlotte at Charlotte, 6:30 pm 10/30 vs Indiana at Fort Worth, 7:30 pm Pre-season Stats |- rebounds -| G-S Min Avg FGM-FGA Pct 3PM-3PA Pct FTM-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg Mashburn . 4-4 128 32.0 32-57 .561 2-5 .400 27-36 .750 9 5 14 3.5 Jackson .. 4-4 94 23.5 30-60 .500 1-4 .250 10-10 1.000 4 7 11 2.8 Smith .... 4-0 70 17.5 12-32 .375 0-0 .000 12-15 .800 6 7 13 3.3 Jones .... 4-3 80 20.0 11-24 .458 1-1 1.000 5-7 .714 10 16 26 6.5 Rooks .... 4-1 64 16.0 12-23 .522 0-0 .000 4-12 .333 6 8 14 3.5 Kidd .... 4-4 100 25.0 11-20 .550 1-1 1.000 5-12 .417 7 11 18 4.5 Sutton ... 3-0 26 8.7 7-16 .438 2-4 .500 5-8 .625 0 2 2 0.7 Dumas .... 4-0 50 12.5 9-22 .409 1-1 1.000 8-10 .800 1 2 3 0.8 Hodge .... 4-2 59 14.8 9-15 .600 0-0 .000 7-10 .700 2 11 13 3.3 Davis .... 4-1 70 17.5 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 7-10 .700 8 16 24 6.0 Harris ... 4-0 56 14.0 5-11 .455 0-0 .000 6-6 1.000 1 8 9 2.3 Tarpley .. 2-0 26 13.0 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 1-1 1.000 2 4 6 3.0 Williams . 4-1 66 16.5 5-10 .500 0-0 .000 0-1 .000 6 14 20 5.0 Wiley .... 3-0 33 11.0 3-4 .750 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 Sweet .... 3-0 23 7.7 2-9 .222 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 1 1 2 0.7 (Rose, Scales, and Rellford stats go here.) Total .... 4 159-332 .479 9-19 .474 97-140 .693 64 112 176 44.0 Opponent . 4 151-324 .466 16-48 .333 102-127 .803 53 99 152 38.0 Ast Avg PF-D Stl TO Blk Pts Avg Hi Mashburn . 22 5.5 10-0 6 11 1 93 23.3 30 Jackson .. 10 2.5 8-0 2 5 2 71 17.8 26 Smith .... 3 0.8 9-0 4 8 2 36 9.0 13 Jones .... 6 1.5 13-1 0 9 1 28 7.0 13 Rooks .... 8 2.0 11-0 1 4 4 28 7.0 14 Kidd .... 16 4.0 14-0 5 10 1 28 7.0 10 Sutton ... 3 1.0 6-0 2 7 1 21 6.8 13 Dumas .... 3 0.8 10-0 3 7 2 27 6.8 13 Hodge .... 1 0.3 13-1 4 3 0 25 6.3 11 Davis .... 2 0.5 12-0 0 5 0 19 4.8 6 Harris ... 8 2.0 4-0 5 9 1 16 4.0 7 Tarpley .. 1 0.5 2-0 1 3 2 7 3.5 5 Williams . 3 0.8 13-0 3 6 5 10 2.5 6 Wiley .... 4 1.3 4-0 2 2 0 6 2.0 4 Sweet .... 0 0.0 1-0 0 2 0 5 1.7 5 (Rose, Scales, and Rellford stats go here.) Total .... 91 22.8 132-2 38 91 22 424 106.0 111 Opponent . 83 20.8 119-3 37 88 12 428 107.0 121 There is an official Jason Kidd fan club. From their brochure: Members receive > An official "KIDD KLUB" Membership Card. > An official "KIDD KLUB" T-Shirt. > An official "KIDD KLUB" Autographed Poster. > An official "KIDD KLUB" Merchandise Catalog. > An official "KIDD KLUB" Newsletter (one-year subscription) > An autographed Jason Kidd Photograph. > Entry into Quarterly Drawings for tickets, basketballs, trips, and more. To join, send the following info and money to: KIDD KLUB The Official Jason Kidd Fan Club P.O. Box 849 Lafayette, CA 94549-0849 Membership Information Name: Address: City: Zip: [I guess they guess the state :) ] Phone: Age: (open to all members) T-Shirt Size: Birthday: Shoe Size: Payment It cost $32 ($3.05 for s/h) and it says all proceeds go to the Jason Kidd Foundation - a non-profit charitable organization. Check (payable to "KIDD KLUB" [make sure you get those quotes]) Credit Card: Visa, Mastercard Card # Exp Date Signature of cardholder